LEE v. CANNON MILLS CO.

No. 4529.

107 F.2d 109 (1939)

LEE v. CANNON MILLS CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

November 6, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy T. Carswell, of Charlotte, N. C. (F. Marion Redd, of Charlotte, N. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Hayden, Clement, of Salisbury, N. C. (W. H. Beckerdite, of Kannapolis, N. C., and W. T. Shuford, of Salisbury, N. C., on the brief) for appellees.

Before PARKER, SOPER, and NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

The gist of this action of slander is that H. A. Arthurs, a night watchman in the employ of the Cannon Mills Company, stated to T. O. Sills, an assistant master mechanic in the mill, that O. A. Lee, plaintiff in the District Court and a mechanic in the company's employ, had taken some tools from the supply room of the mill, with the intent on Arthurs' part to charge the plaintiff with the crime of larceny. Both the company and Arthurs were sued...

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